Honeybee

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Noun. [B2]

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“In his new animated film, Jerry Seinfeld plays Barry B. Benson, a wisecracking, moony-eyed, charmingly petulant New York honeybee who doesn't want⟳ to spend⟳ his days as a worker bee stuck on the honeymaking assembly line.”

“The bees’ cubital index, a method for differentiating breeds of honeybees, also confirmed they are “more of an indigenous bee” than anything else, he said, but their adaptations have⟳ made them unique and peculiar, and they have⟳ very little banding. “Supposedly, wild tree-nesting honeybees which can sustain themselves do not exist⟳, so nobody knows what type⟳ of wild, self-sustaining honeybee is actually left in the UK.””

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